World Mar 01 Russian forces pound Ukraine’s cities as the resistance holds the line in Kyiv Russian forces bombarded cities in Ukraine Tuesday as the war raged for a sixth day. Kharkiv, in the northeast, was particularly hard-hit and the port city of Mariupol in the southeast appeared surrounded. Nevertheless, the Pentagon says a drive by…
World Feb 28 Ukraine resists advancing Russian forces as the West imposes tough new sanctions In less than a week since Russia began its attack on Ukraine, more than 500,000 Ukrainians have fled their nation and are now refugees. This comes as fierce fighting continues across the country, the U.S. and Europe imposed harsh new…
World Jan 28 Can the U.S. and Russia agree on Ukraine? Here’s the latest on the negotiations On the Ukraine crisis, there was a sharp juxtaposition Friday as the Pentagon warned that Russian troops could invade at any time, while Ukraine’s president accused the West of sowing panic. Both statements came as Moscow provided its first comments…
Education Jan 27 Air strike threats don’t deter these Syrian children from going to school Syria is in the throes of conflict. In the northeast, Syrian Kurdish forces are fighting ISIS militants who forced a prison break last week. It’s the largest recent ISIS resurgence. The president and his Russian allies are continuing airstrikes in…
World Jan 12 Britain’s prime minister under fire for hosting party during COVID lockdown British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his political life. He was forced to apologize to Parliament Wednesday after it was revealed he attended a cocktail party in the garden of his official residence at the height of the…
World Dec 13 Moise assassination may be linked to what he knew about Haitian drugs, arms trafficking It has been five months since gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Authorities have arrested 45 people, but have charged none of them with a crime. This weekend, The New York Times detailed a possible motive for the assassination. Nick…
World Nov 04 How conflict between Tigrayan, Ethiopian forces is destabilizing the region The U.S. State Department is now allowing non-essential workers and family members to leave Ethiopia as rebel forces from the Northern Tigray region approach the capital. The two sides and their allies have been fighting for exactly one year, and…
World Jul 27 U.S. ‘really messed it up’ in Afghanistan, says Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan In just over one month, the United States will have completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. But for those two decades, Afghanistan's eastern neighbor, Pakistan, stood accused by American and Afghan forces of supporting the Taliban.
World Jul 16 Climate models predicted extreme weather fluctuations. Can the damage be reversed? In western Germany this week, whole cities seem to be underwater after days of heavy rainfall filled rivers to capacity and quickly turned into flash flooding. As parts of Europe dig out of this latest weather disaster, the European Union…
World Jun 29 Understanding the fragile ceasefire and humanitarian crisis in Tigray There is fragile ceasefire in Northern Ethiopia's Tigray after Ethiopian and allied forces withdrew after an occupation late in 2020. It's a dramatic turn in conflict that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and featured atrocities the global community attributes to…